Garment-rack.



F. WOLF.

GARMENT RACK. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1909.

922,991. Patented Ma 25,1909.

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all parts secured thereto may be rotated .ing bar 17 disposedsubstantially in a hori zontal plane and connected at its inner endGarment-Rack, of which the following is a full, cle'ir, and exactdescription.

, la'rly'to means for supporting a plurality of garment hangers inspaced relationship.

I ed to support skirts, the skirts and garments December 5,1908.

ing drawings, forming a part of this specithe figures, and in whiclsleeve is rotatable upon the pivot pin 12 and which the brackets aresecured, each bracket lower end secured to the collar 15 and eX- Itending upwardly and outwardly therefrom ,serveto support two annularmembers 19 STA...

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FANNIE WOLF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Application filed March 30, 1909. Serial No. 486,659.

To all whom it may concern: 1 Be it known that I, FANNIE orin, acititheicitybf New York, borough of Manhattan,,1n the county and Stateof New dork, have invented a new and Improved This invention relates tocertain improvements n garment racks, and more particu- My improvedgarment rack is also adaptonthehangers being rotated about the cenCertain features of my present invention aredisclose-d as modified formsin my prior application, Serial Number 466,075, filed Reference is to behad to the accompanylicatioinin which similar characters of ref erenceindicate correspondlng parts in all Figure l is a vertical sectionthrough a Fig. 3 isa face view of the outer annular member of the rack;and Fig. a is a vertical 14 and 15 at its upper and lower ends, and towhich are secured brackets 16. The

carries the brackets, so that said brackets and about the standard. Thecollars lat and 15 l are formed with outwardly-extending lugs topreferably including an outwardly-extendto the collar 14, and a bar 18having its and uniting with the bar 17 intermediate the ends of thelatter. These brackets and 20 disposed in substantially the samehorizontal plane and servingto support the garments and hold thebrackets rigid in respect to each other. The outer annular member 20 iscontinuous and is secured to the outer ends of the brackets, while theinner annular member 19 may be made up of a plurality of separatesections, each section extending circumferentially from one bracket tothe next and secured at its ends to said brackets.

The outer annular member 20 serves to support a plurality of garmenthangers in spaced relationship along its length and to also support aportion of the skirt-holding members. In connection with the annularmember 20, I provide a plurality of hangers 21, each having a suspendingor supporting rod 22, the upper horizontal end 23 of which extends atright angles to the general direction of the rod and terminates in anenlarged head 24. The member 20 is provided with a plurality of openingstherein adapted to receive the horizontal end portion 23 of the hangerrod and to prevent the latter from accidental displacement from themember or movement along the length of the member. These openings may bein the form of keyhole slots 25, or they may be in the form of notchesor recesses 26 in the upper edge of the member. In either case, thewidth of the lower portion of the openings is substantially equal to thediameter of the rod end 23, but is of smaller diameter than the head 24,so that the hanger must be lifted verti cally before being movedlaterally out of engagement with the annular supporting mem- The twoannular supporting members 19 and 20 are provided with pairs ofoutwardlyextending studs or pins 27 and 28. These pins are slightlyenlarged at their outer ends and the two studs of each pair serve to receive two loops at diametrically opposite points on or adjacent thewaist band of a skirt, The skirt will thus hang in a plane radial inrespect to the standard, and a large number of skirts may be secured onsuccessive pairs of studs or pins located around the circumference ofthe rack. As the outer member 20 is of greater diameter than the innermember 19, it is evident that the pins 28 will be farther apart than thepins 27, so that between the successive pins or studs 28 on the outermember, may be located openings 25 or 26 which receive the hangers. As Iporting a plurality of garments independonly one-half of the garment ona hanger extends inwardly from the member 20 and this half comes betweenthe skirts where they are spaced apart to the greatest width, it isevident that the space is utilized to the best advantage.

In certain forms I may utilize the outwardly-extending studs or pins 28for supporting the hangers and permitting the latter to be rotated toplanes substantially tangential to the outer member.

In Fig. t I have illustrated a section through a slightly modified formof outer member 20 in which the outwardly-extending skirt supporting pinor stud 28 carries a depending rod 22 In this form I provide a hanger 21having a metal thimble 29 secured to the upper surface thereof. Thisthimble is substantially dome shaped and is secured to the hanger in anysuitable manner, and has an inverted keyhole slot 30 in one sidethereof, so that an enlarged head 31 on the rod 22 may slip into theinterior of the thimble and support the hanger. The upper end of thekeyhole slot is at the apex or top of the thimble and is narrower thanthe head 31 or" the rod 22 so that a hanger may freely rotate about thepin 22 as a center.

The hanger may be removed when the device is used for supporting skirtsalone, or the hanger may be swung to a plane substantially tangential tothe annular member 20", so as not to interfere with a skirt supported onthe pin 28 and the corresponding pin 27 of the inner member 19.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A garment rack, comprisinga standard, an annular rotatable membercarried thereby and having openings therein, a plurality of garmenthangers, each having a supporting rod provided with a laterallyextendingend removably disposed within the corresponding opening of said annularmember, and each of said ends terminating in a head of greater widththan the lower portion of the opening, and means for supently of saidhangers and in radial planes.

2. A garment rack, comprising a standard, a plurality ofradially-disposed brackets rotatably mounted thereon, two annularconcentric members carried by said brackets and disposed insubstantially the same horizontal plane, studs or pins carried by theinner member, studs or pins carried by the outer member and coactingwith the studs of the inner member to support a plurality of skirts inradially-disposed planes, a plurality of garment hangers, and means forsupporting said hangers from said outer member.

A garment rack, comprising a standard, two concentric annular rotatablemembers carried thereby, the outer member having a plurality of openingstherein, a plurality of garment hangers, each having a supporting rodprovided with a laterallyextending end removably disposed within thecorresponding opening of the outer member and each of said endsterminating in a head of greater width than the lower portion of theadjacent opening and means for supporting a plurality of garmentsintermediate said hangers and from both of said members.

4. A garment rack, comprising a standard, a plurality ofradially-disposed brackets rotatably mounted thereon, two annularconcentric members carried by said brackets and disposed insubstantially the same horizontal plane, outwardlyextending studs orpins carried by the inner member, outwardly-extending studs or pinscarried by the outer member and coacting with the studs of the innermember to support a plurality of skirts in radially-disposed planes, andmeans intermediate successive pins on said outer mem ber for supportinga plurality of garment hangers therefrom.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FANNIE WVOLF.

Witnesses JOSEPH OFFENBACH, L. Hrvo.

